Winner of 101 Readers Giveaway!

The 101 Followers Giveaway was randomly selected and the winning comment number is....

 

Which according to my count means that....

littlemissmk won! Kelley I will be emailing you so we can work out the details. Even though it wasn't the winning comment, I did appreciate hearing this from Kelley:

for what i'd like to see more of- i have to give the go-to answer and say tutorials, cuz you really can't go wrong with awesome tutorials. but my other answer would be things about yourself- i love the fact that you post pics of yourself, say things about who you are, etc. there are some blogs i follow that i really have no clue as to who the person is. i like knowing who i'm reading about. :)

Good news Kelley, I am working on a tutorial for my mini magnets which will include instructions to make the pinwheels featured below as well as several new magnet designs I have been working on.

I am glad that you, and others like you, appreciate that I include bits about myself in my posts. I must admit, I'm not very brave about sharing the really bad stuff. On the whole, I do share a lot and I don't hide the way we live (our wedding, messy sewing room, the ant incident, my lucy pie and how she sneaks under my table, my hockey playing hubby, etc). I like feeling like I can share my life with you all and hopefully it will encourage you to share with me.  

Thank you to all who entered the giveaway! Congratulations again to Kelley! The next milestone marker is 250 Google Friends Connect readers so tell all your friends about Threaded Mess!

Happy Quilting!

Marshmallow Brochette QAL

Hi all my QAL friends! I have been out of town celebrating Memorial Day with my family and my 1 year anniversary with my husband so I will be posting this week's QAL post a little late. I hope you don't mind!

my sister and SIL helping me because I forgot to put on my slip

Happy Quilting

Blogger Follower Gadget Issues

Looking for the Giveaway Post? Don't forget, I will randomly select a winner Thursday June 2nd at 7pm EST.

It seems Blogger is now having issues with the Follower Gadget. There is another way to follow me through Google friend connect and get another chance at winning the 101 Followers giveaway (if you aren't already connected). At the top of my page above the blog header that says 'Threaded Mess' there's a 'Follow' link. If you click that, you'll eventually show up on my blog as a follower when Blogger gets things straightened out. 

Happy Quilting!

Inspired: Peony, Coral, and Silver

Today's inspiration palate comes from Lizzy B Loves blog. I recognized those Joyfolie shoes right away! The shades of peony and coral with touches of silver and toasted sugar creates a soft, girly, and glamorous look. While I can see this palate working really well in a project for a baby, it's sophisticated and elegant enough for a woman of any age.

What fabrics you might ask? Here are a few I found that work with this palate and style:

This week the fabrics were all found at Pink Chalk Fabrics using their shop by color link for pink and gray. I love it when websites have features like that!

It was much harder to find handmade projects in this palate but I did find a few:

For more information for any of the fabrics or handmade items, just click on the picture and that will take you to my flickr photostream where you can find the links.

Have you made something in this palate? Leave a comment with a link to your creation so we can all check it out!

Happy Quilting

101 Readers! Let's Celebrate!!

Giveaway Closed! Thanks to all who entered! 

Today, Threaded Mess reached a milestone I have been anticipating for days! According to Google Reader, 101 people read this blog. I'm honored, I'm excited, I'm thankful.

STATS

Starting Date: About Me posted 4/16/2010

Total Posts: 150

Avg Posts per Month: 10.71

Avg Posts this Week: 4.4

Comments: 156

Page Views Last Month: 3,090

Total Page Views: 11,476

Most Visited Post this Month: Marshmallow Brochette QAL - Part 1 with 74 views

Most Visited Post to Date: I Heart Kona Solids with 306 views (Marshmallow Brochette QAL - Part 1 was in second place with a total of 303 views)

People who Read Threaded Mess are From: United States, Canada, Australia, Russia, Germany United Kingdom, Ukraine, Latvia, Netherlands, France, and Poland! (thanks tusen!)

To celebrate, I'd like to give you things. I wish I could give all 101 of you a little something but I know that will never work out. Instead, I'm going to give you a chance to win some of my favorites things, which also happen to be the ingredients for a Marshmallow Brochette lap quilt top! One lucky person will win:

1 yard of Kona White:

3 yards of Kona Medium Gray:

And a Kona Bright charm pack:

(I used pictures from the Fat Quarter Shop because that's where I bought these prizes. The Fat Quarter Shop is not sponsoring this giveaway but I do like shopping there!)

How to win: 

1. Leave me a comment that you are a follower. Unfortunately there's no way for me to see who my RSS readers are, only how many I have. I know you are out there and I appreciate that! I can see all the people who follow me using Google friend connect:

On the right sidebar you'll see my Followers and a button to follow if you haven't already joined.

 

If you click the button you'll see this pop-up:

If you already have a Google, Twitter, or Yahoo account you can become a Threaded Mess follower and your profile picture will appear in my sidebar. If you don't have any of those accounts, it's pretty easy to sign up.

2. Leave me a comment that you've joined the Threaded Mess flickr group.

3. Leave a comment about something you liked on Threaded Mess and would like to see more of.

4. Blog about this giveaway and leave me a comment with the link.

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Please make sure for any comment you leave that you also provide a way for me to contact you!

I try to respond to as many comments as possible so if you have left a comment and haven't heard anything from me, you might be one of the No Reply Bloggers. How do you fix it? Go to your Dashboard on your Blogger.com account page. Select "Edit Profile" and check the box that says "Show my email address" (and remember to save your changes). It's that simple.

If you don't have a Blogger.com account and don't want bots to be able to find and exploit your email address, you can include it in your comment like this:

threadedmess (at) gmail (dot) com

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I will randomly select a winner Thursday June 2nd at 7pm EST.

Thank you so much for reading my blog. Words cannot accurately describe how excited I am that I have reached this milestone thanks to you all. I hope that you continue to enjoy reading Threaded Mess in the future!

Happy Quilting